Package.



W. L. BRBTHERTON.

PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPIHVQ, 1910.

Patented Nov. 7,' 41911.

Ammers section of the container 0n 'j WALTER L. BRETHERTQN, OF CORRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKAGE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 191,1.

Application iled September 9, 1910. ASerial N o. 581,164.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER L. BRETHERv TON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Corry, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and Improved Package, ofwhich the following'is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention isan improvement in containers for the sale and distribution of gun powder or any commercial explosive or combustible such as used for blastingpurposes in mines or quarries, or for use in cannon or armaments in general.

The invention has in view a tubular container of this character which is ivater-proof and which can be inexpensively produced, the tube being constructed of paper or straw-board,l or equivalent material, and given a coating of paraiiin containing other ingredients of a water-proofing character.

Refer-ence lis to behad to the accompany-A ingdrawings forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar character/s of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Y

Figure l is a perspective view of ,a tubullar container constructed in accordance with Viny invention; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a crossthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The tube 5, forming the body of the'eontainer, is made of paper, straw-board or equivalent material, which is wound in one or more layers into tubular form, the ma;

terial having a reasonable lap which is fastened together by glue or other suitable adhesive, forming a longitudinally-extending seam 6. The lower end of the tube formingrthe body of the container is closed by a cap 7, and the upper end by a cap 8, each cap shown to have a marginal ange, which, in

, the case ofthe cap closing the bottom of the container, is approximately equal to the internal diameter of the tube and in the case ofthe top cap to have an internal diameter approximately equal to the external diameter ofthe tube. In applying the cap 7, forming the bottom or lower head of the tube, on adhesive is internally applied to this end of the containing body, and the cap forced through the tube to place from the upper .end. The cap 8, which fits over the outside of the tube, is also secured in place with an adhesion. The container thus loaded and closed is submerged in a mixture of paraffin and other ingredients, which makes `the container absolutely imperviousV t'o moisture andwater. p

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: Y l. The herein described proces gf producing a water-proof package whi h consists in rolling a strip of fabric into tubular form, gluing the over-lapping edges toan adhesive to the interior of one end of said container, and "forcing a cap having a flange fitting the wall of said cylinder, from the end opposite to the end having the adhesives to adjacent the end having the adhesive to close said end, filling said container with an explosive mixture, applying a cap having an external flange over the open end, and finally submerging the package with the covers 'applied in the water-proof material.

2. The herein described process of producing a water-proof package which consists in rolling a strip of fabric into tubular form, gluing the over-lapping edges together to form a cylindrical body, applying an adhesive tothe interior of one end of said package, and lforcing a cap having a flange tting the wall of said cylinder, from the end opposite the end having thea'dhesive to adjacent the end having thgWadhesive to ,gether to form a cylindrical body, applying close said end, filling said receptacle, Yapplying a cap having an external flange over the open end, and iinally submerging the package with the covers applied ih melted paraffin.

3. The herein described process of producing a package which comprises rolling a ing a cap having a flange fitting the wall of name'to this vspecification the presencefof sald cylinder through the. ackage to the Itwo subscribing witnesses.' r

end having theadhesive, to close said end,

placing a substance within said container, .L- BRETIERTLQN' 5 and applying acap having an external flange Witnesses: 1M, over the other end to close the same. Roer. J; OSBORNE,

In testimony whereof I have signed vmy GEORGE .`W. PATI'ERSON.' V 

